Liscio v. Liscio

The plaintiff, administratrix of her husband’s estate, alleged in the first count of her complaint that the defendant had obtained a quitclaim deed of certain real property on Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull, from the decedent through undue influence. The plaintiff claimed in a second count that her deceased husband, Paul F. Liscio, had paid the purchase price for this property and she sought, therefore, the impression of a resulting and constructive trust.

In its charge to the jury, the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant on the first count, which alleged undue influence,…